Example sentences of "and he [verb] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he told how he was ordered to retrieve the plans from the woman 's home early the next morning . |
| 2 | He knew Mario was the Number One and he knew why Mario was Number One : it was a matter of business . |
| 3 | But the whole picture struck him as wrong , and he knew why . |
| 4 | He knew the name of the Mayor , and he knew why Battersby was not the be.at Grammar School . |
| 5 | He knew she had been exercising what stealth she was capable of , and he knew why , but that was purely between the two of them . |
| 6 | That truck driver tried to kill us — and he knew where to locate us exactly . |
| 7 | He was very much more out than I was and he knew where the gay scene was , not only in Edinburgh but also in London . |
| 8 | He was familiar with the mortuary , and he knew where the body he had last seen lying in the mud would be . |
| 9 | Con always knew where to stop , and he knew where you should stop as well , and if you did n't , he reminded you that you 'd have been better following his example . ’ |
| 10 | Inside he knew he was very male : he wanted Carrie and he knew how he wanted her . |
| 11 | He got results , and he knew how to keep the boys quiet . |
| 12 | He felt his heart contract in pity , Emily was a fine woman , he admired her composure and he knew how much the facade must cost her , she had loved her father dearly . |
| 13 | And he knew how to treat her ankle , he was doing another soothing job on it . |
| 14 | Tactically he was superb and he knew how to handle his bowlers . |
| 15 | She was very young and he knew how much she loved him . |
| 16 | His equipment was state-of-the-art , though , and he knew how to write about sea-angling . |
| 17 | It was up to him to save her and he knew how to do it . |
| 18 | In any case , he knew who would be in Carrog — the women and children and those unfit for warfare — and he knew how quickly they would remove before him if he went near them . |
| 19 | And he knew how much I needed him to wind up the case . |
| 20 | Mr Christie said that he had had an association with the town for 30 years , and he knew how deeply many local people felt about the team . |
| 21 | But it did n't prevent her struggling , and he noticed how tiny her wrists were as he tightened the cord until it bit deep into her thin flesh . |
| 22 | Dahl focused upon the making of decisions over which there was an observable conflict of opinion and he studied how that conflict was resolved between the different individuals and groups involved . |
| 23 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 24 | He had it nocked , and the hemp half drawn back when an extra flare lit the sky , and he saw how close the man was to firing , and how ill he looked , and how young he was : a hollow-faced boy , defending the walls of Famagusta . |
| 25 | And then he was passing beneath the huge , towering Gates , and he saw how they stretched above him into infinity , and he felt the timelessness of the great Prison descend on him like a huge , unseen weight . |
| 26 | Jehan pondered the circumstances , and he saw how few alternatives there had been . |
| 27 | All the counterarguments flitted through his mind — the law of price and the business of supply and demand again — and he saw how impossibly incongruous they would sound in these circumstances . |
| 28 | She turned to face him and he saw how her skin was shivering , the self-control leaking out of the corners of her eyes , her face breaking up . |
| 29 | and he observed how the oaken doors |
| 30 | And he tells how none of the assembled guards and officials could look his father in the eye as he protested his innocence . |